"We will have to be willing to come along for the journey. We will just have to trust this Jesus and the invitation to join him and to believe that in his company we will participate in the unfolding of the good news of God's kingdom among us and in our world."

"It's not that [the Scribes'] way of relating to God is wrong – they are part of a long and proud tradition of faithful service to God and the people of God. It is just that Jesus doesn't conform to their structures. Jesus declares that the law, finally, isn't about regulating our relationship with God but was given by God to help us get more out of life."

"His healing is indiscriminate. It pays little attention to the shibboleths of the law or culture. Women are healed. Healing happens on the Sabbath. It’s highly visible; people are cutting holes in roofs to get to him! And it is provocative."

Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Mark 3:20-35, David Ewart, 2012.

"Here is the Good News: Jesus is not out of his mind; Jesus is not filled with demonic spirits. Rather, Jesus has the mind of God; Jesus is filled with the Holy Spirit - and invites all of us to be of the same mind and same Spirit in a new family as his sisters and brothers."

"A
House Divided, a Strong Man Bound,""Who Is
My Family?" Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel
of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse
commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people,
places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."

“Mary Heard the Angel's Message,” Carolyn Winfrey Gillette’s hymn inspired life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, including the verse inspired by the Mark 3:31-35: “Mary heard, 'Who is my mother? Who is in my family? All who do my Father's bidding -- All these ones belong to me.'” Tune: BEECHER 8.7.8.7 D (“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”) and HYFRYDOL (“Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”) This hymn is in Voices Found: Women in the Church's Song (Episcopal).